WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.960 house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Don't 3 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.080 forget follow us on social media, please follow us. We 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:16.879 only do the good kind of social media uplifting, informative, 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:23.480 inspiring stuff. We're on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X Home with 6 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.399 Dean is the same handle for them all Home with 7 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.960 Dean And also let me mention if your home is 8 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.240 in need of some personal house Whisper attention. If you've 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.840 had this conversation you said, you know what we really need, 10 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.280 like this could ever happen. We need Dean and Teena 11 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:45.439 actually just standing in our family room telling us, oh yeah, 12 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.840 this is what's possible. Well, that is possible. You can 13 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.880 book an in home design console with me and the tea. 14 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:58.439 You just go to house Whisper dot Design and follow 15 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.880 the prompts there and we can set it up. 16 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:02.119 So there you go. 17 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.680 All right, We're doing an all calls weekend on this 18 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.920 rainy it's pouring outside right now. I am loving every 19 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:13.959 minute of it. This rainy Southern California Sunday morning playoff 20 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:20.799 NFL playoff day. Yeah, Yeah, that's my dreamy afternoon in 21 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.799 the rain here with some warm stuff inside, watching the playoffs. 22 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.519 It's going to be good anyway. I want to get 23 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:28.159 back to the phones. 24 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:28.560 By the way. 25 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.719 The number to reach me eight three to three two. 26 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:35.120 Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean. 27 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.400 I am thrilled that you are on board. We've got 28 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.400 room on the collar board for you if you want 29 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.560 to call in, But right now we're going to. 30 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.079 Talk to Dan. Hey Dan, welcome home. 31 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.120 Hi Dean, thank you. How to help you? 32 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.159 I well, I'm in Burbank and after the winds, I 33 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.879 found a lot of shingles laying around on the ground. 34 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.319 So I was kind of alarmed and thinking. 35 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.519 I've got bear wood on the roof showing with embers 36 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:07.640 floating around. So I called some roofers right away, and 37 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:11.759 two of them came out and gave me estimates. The 38 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:16.719 first one was a big, big corporate company with brochures 39 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.680 and all that. In fact, they advertised on your station 40 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.800 and they wanted to look in the attic and inspect that, 41 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.080 and they gave me their estimate. They said there was 42 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:29.680 two layers of shingles already there and they would need 43 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.120 to rip those off. They don't put shingles on top 44 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.039 of shingles, so they gave me their estimate. The second 45 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:37.199 one was a kind of morph, a regular mom and 46 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:38.879 pop kind of roofing company. 47 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.280 They said there was four layers of shingles on the roof, 48 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.800 and they said that my roof is. 49 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:51.360 Made of one by eight boards, and Burbank code requires 50 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.159 them to put plywood over the whole roof before they 51 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:58.840 put shingles and so and then they said there's an 52 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.360 a frame kind of structure they have to put behind 53 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:02.439 the chimney. 54 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.599 So that water doesn't settle behind the chimney. 55 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.439 So I'm like, Okay, I didn't hear anything about this 56 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.800 from the other one, so I'm kind of confused as too. 57 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.879 Am I just you know, being taken. 58 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:18.000 Or And then the second part of that question is, 59 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:21.759 can I, if I've put plywood on the whole thing, 60 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.599 that's obviously going to be a lot more expensive, can 61 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.319 I put another layer of layer of shingles on top 62 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.560 of that and would that meet code? 63 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.599 Okay, let's break it all down for you here, okay, 64 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:37.319 and you can trust this. You can take what I'm 65 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:39.960 about to tell you to the bank or you know, 66 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:42.879 from the bank, depending on how much it's gonna cost you. 67 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:46.639 But here's the truth, my friend, here's the truth. Okay, 68 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:51.439 it's not about burd bank, it's not about roofers preferences. 69 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:57.800 The the code in California is and this is this 70 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.439 is actually true everywhere, right. This is part of the 71 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:06.199 International Building Code, but ratified in California, absolutely for sure. 72 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:09.520 So the code in California for roofing material is you 73 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:13.360 can have up to two layers of roofing material on 74 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.560 your roof, but two is the max. Okay, So if 75 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.079 you had a single layer roof up there, you wouldn't 76 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:25.199 have to, necessarily, your choice, tear it off. You could 77 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.079 add another layer to it. But once you've got two, 78 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.680 and whether you've got two or four, it's irrelevant at 79 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.600 this point. If you are going to update your roof 80 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.600 and put on new roof on, it is a tear 81 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:42.639 off first, absolutely, without question. It's not legal to do 82 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:46.120 it any other way. A tear off. So you are 83 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.959 going to be removing all of the roof that's up 84 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:50.839 there in order to put a new roof on. And 85 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.040 that's not a bad thing. That's a good thing because 86 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:58.639 it makes that new roof give it its best start possible. Okay, 87 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:04.199 that's question number one. Number two, your your home, being 88 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.240 an older home, originally had and now you have asphalt 89 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:14.319 shingles up there now, Yes, okay, so your home originally, originally, 90 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:19.839 originally very likely had wood shake shingles up there and 91 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:23.720 was followed up with asphalt at some point. That's why 92 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.240 the one by six or one by eight slats with 93 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.160 gaps in between them is up there, because that's back 94 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.079 in the day, that's how it used to be done. 95 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:38.040 That is now also not code. So when the tear 96 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.519 offf happens, yes, you are good. The part of putting 97 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:47.519 the new roof on by code will be to resheathe 98 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:52.160 the roof in solid sheathing. Okay, Now they don't have 99 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.680 to tear off. In fact, they won't tear off the 100 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:56.560 one x six is or the one by eights that 101 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.399 are there. They will tear off the roof down to that, 102 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.399 and then over on the top of that they will 103 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:06.120 ply apply very likely OSB. We call it, you know, 104 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.879 you can call it plywood. Technically it's not plywood. It's 105 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.240 a different kind of board. But yes, it's the same 106 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:16.240 kind of thing. OSB chipboard, oscillted strand board, that's what 107 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.519 it stands for uh. They will cover the roof in 108 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:24.600 that material, and then that solid material is in fact 109 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:31.199 the very best base possible to apply a new asphalt 110 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.800 composite roof that's going to last you for decades. Okay, 111 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:39.319 that's number two. So tear off has to happen, The 112 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:43.920 resheting of your roof has to happen. And then during 113 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:49.319 the resheeting process, okay, and right before the roofing is handled, 114 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:55.600 any obstructions and penetrations through the roof have to be 115 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:01.399 flashed properly, properly with flashings, metal flashings, okay, flashings around 116 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.639 any of the pipes that are coming up, the vents, 117 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:06.879 the plumbing vents that are coming up through your roof, 118 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:11.399 or the power supply, a goose neck that might be 119 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:12.759 coming up through your roof. 120 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:12.879 Or. 121 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.560 Vents from a water heater, or a fern is coming 122 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.920 up through your roof, or and or the chimney as 123 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.079 it sits up against the roof, because that flat area 124 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.600 right behind the chimney, if the roof is pitching down 125 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.800 onto it, creates a place for water to sit and 126 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:37.480 if water sits, inevitably, water will find its way through. 127 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:39.079 So we don't want that all right. 128 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.199 So that a frame structure that you were telling me about. 129 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.279 It doesn't It's not a big fancy thing, Okay, it's 130 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:50.000 a very very small It amounts to a couple of 131 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:57.079 pieces of cut plywood put in a triangular fashion there, 132 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.480 and then the roofing is run over it and it's 133 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.800 flashed with metal. It's called a cricket. And you can 134 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.279 write that down because you can talk to your next 135 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.439 roofer estimate about this. But yeah, typically we will install 136 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:14.839 if it wasn't one, there already a cricket behind the 137 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.920 fireplace the chimney extension, because we don't want water to 138 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:21.519 run up against the chimney and run down that said, 139 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.879 we just wanted to shed to the side so that 140 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:27.480 there are no leaks. So, yes, you have to have 141 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.639 a tear off because you've got more than two layers. Yes, 142 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.559 you have to have solid sheathing. And of course they're 143 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:36.960 gonna build some crickets and or flash the roof properly 144 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.639 for the new roof that goes on. This is all 145 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:46.240 the truth. None of it is crazy heroic costs. This 146 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:49.440 is everything I've just described to you is a standard 147 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:53.000 tear off and reroof that's what you can just call it. 148 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:57.519 It's a standard tear off and reroof and you should 149 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:03.519 take a couple three more estimates from from roofers who 150 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:07.039 are well vetted in your area and judge them all 151 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.039 by that information that I just gave you. 152 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:15.279 Okay, that that makes sense. That's what they told me 153 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.000 is the right thing I should. How do I know 154 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.600 that it was put on properly? Afterwards? Do I check? 155 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:25.720 Well, they're gonna they're gonna pull a permit, my friend. 156 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:28.159 That's the point the roofer. 157 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:29.960 You won't. You don't have to do it. You don't 158 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.320 have to go down to the city and do it. 159 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.919 But they part of this thing that again you double 160 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:36.799 check with them to make sure you like, this is 161 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:38.600 going to be permitted, all right, So they're going to 162 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.000 go pull a roofing permit. Once the membrane is on, 163 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.720 it will get inspected. After the tear off, it'll get inspected, 164 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.279 and it'll be inspected and signed off by the city 165 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.279 once it's all done. And that's what the city is 166 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.799 there for, to make sure that they have done everything 167 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.200 according to code in a workman like manner. 168 00:09:58.559 --> 00:09:59.000 Okay. 169 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.360 And the pay sper material old membrane they put down 170 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.039 is there something I should a kind I should use, 171 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.279 or a kind I should avoid. 172 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.399 I would avoid roofing paper. And I've got to go 173 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.720 here because we're pushed up against a break, but I 174 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.840 would avoid roofing paper. That's very, very old school. A 175 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:19.279 lot of roofers still use it. I like self ceiling 176 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:27.360 membranes as the underlayment underneath a composite asphalt underneath ball roofs. Actually, 177 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:31.120 I like self sealing membranes, membranes where the layers seal 178 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.879 onto themselves and any penetrations, like all the roofing nails 179 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.919 seal onto or seal around the nails as they are. 180 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:42.399 You know, because your roof's gonna have a million penetrations 181 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.600 from all the staples and or nails running through it. 182 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.960 I like the membrane to seal around all of that. 183 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:55.039 So some elastomeric, stretchable, givable self ceiling membrane underneath your 184 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:59.159 shingle material. Make sure that they're bidding that as well. 185 00:10:59.399 --> 00:10:59.600 Dan. 186 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:01.799 Thanks, thank you for your call, my friend. Good luck 187 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.080 on that. 188 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:04.399 I know you're going to get it right now because 189 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.320 we've pointed you in the right direction. All right, everybody, 190 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.720 more of your calls when we return. 191 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:13.759 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 192 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:15.399 KFI AM six forty. 193 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.440 So this is going to be a quickie. I don't know. 194 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.240 I'm not going to rush through the next call. I'm 195 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:25.399 just gonna tell you right now ahead of time that 196 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.639 we may get part way into it and then have 197 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.279 to take a break because because we want to get 198 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:33.759 back on our timing. Here, it's all my fault. It's 199 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.200 totally my fault. I take full responsibility. All right, let's 200 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.159 go to the phone's rocky, welcome home. 201 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.559 How you doing, Dean? 202 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.279 I'm good, I'm good. I'm enjoying our time talking on 203 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.039 the phone this morning. How can I help you? 204 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:52.799 Okay, So I got a problem with low water pressure 205 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:59.279 in the kitchen, and I guess in the house it's 206 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:05.159 not that great as well. But since the fires, the 207 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.240 water pressure has even gotten worse. 208 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.639 In the kitchen. 209 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:18.039 I've started messing around with the valves underneath the faucet there, 210 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:23.200 and sure enough, that made it worse and we can't 211 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:28.279 I've taken apart all the filters and we still have 212 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:29.159 the problem there. 213 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:30.399 It's just dripping out. 214 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:34.039 Where do you live? Where's your house? In relationship to 215 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.960 the fires, we. 216 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:41.480 Live in someone California, so Eden's you know, not far 217 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.399 maybe fifteen sixteen miles. 218 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:49.279 Okay, yeah, shouldn't that you shouldn't have too much direct 219 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:49.840 effect there. 220 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.480 I was going to say. 221 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.519 I mean, if you live, you know, adjacent to one 222 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.200 of the heavy fire areas, that wouldn't surprise me at 223 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.600 all if you're having water pressure issues because there's all 224 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.039 sorts of infrastructure that's all torn up. 225 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:03.919 There still leal. 226 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:10.120 Our pressure throughout the house is all right, but in 227 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:12.600 the kitchen it's like. 228 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.679 It's not doable. 229 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:17.960 Okay, So all right, I got you, I got you, 230 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:21.399 I got your boo, we got you covered here. I'm 231 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.240 going to make two suggestions to you, but we're going 232 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:25.279 to do it on the other side of the break. 233 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:27.080 So can I pop you on hole real quick? 234 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:29.440 Sure? Thing? All right? 235 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.840 My friend Rocky, you hang tight. Everybody else hang tight. 236 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:33.720 Uh. 237 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:36.960 And when we come back, we will we will address 238 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:38.879 low pressure issues. 239 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.039 And I have a suspicion about what's going on in Rocky, 240 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.759 so we'll figure it out, all right. 241 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:49.159 But right now, you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp 242 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:51.799 on demand from kf I am sixty. 243 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:56.200 You are Home with Dean Sharp. The house whisper. 244 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.919 That's me and you have found us right smack dab 245 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.759 in the middle of an all Calls Sunday morning. It's 246 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:08.080 raining outside, it's cloudy, it's overcast, it's cool. It's exactly 247 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:12.120 the weather that's southern California needs right now. And we're 248 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:15.480 just taking a little pause from all the craziness and 249 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.000 we're just talking about your home. Anything you want to 250 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.720 talk about. Eight three three two Ask Dean is the 251 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.919 number to reach me at eight three three two. Ask 252 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.840 Dean does not preclude talking about fire stuff if you want, 253 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.399 but anything else at all. 254 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.919 Now on hold. 255 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.399 My friend Rocky has been having some water pressure issues, 256 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:40.159 especially in the kitchen. Rocky, you still with me. I 257 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:45.759 am all right, okay. So from time to time, water 258 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:50.320 pressure may vary coming into our home, depending on stuff 259 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.360 that's going on with the city, stuff that's going on 260 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:57.759 with our local utilities, and so sometimes there can be 261 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.559 variations in water pressure, especially during disaster periods in which 262 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:06.879 water gets diverted into different places. But you're you're far 263 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.360 enough away from the fires that you shouldn't be experiencing that. 264 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:10.919 Now. 265 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.279 You did mention that pressure in the kitchen lately has 266 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.240 been low and that you fiddled with the valves underneath 267 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:21.159 the sinks and it got worse. And so here are 268 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:26.879 a couple of things to take into consideration. Number One, 269 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:33.320 if you've had a lower water pressure situation lately, whole 270 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:38.399 house kind of dropping, then you should take a look 271 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:40.039 at your pressure. 272 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.600 Regulator on the outside of the house. 273 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:44.679 Some most of the time when a pressure regulator fails, 274 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:48.399 it fails to resist high pressure. But there are times 275 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.360 when pressure regulators can go in the opposite direction and 276 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.960 they get stuck or they kind of you know, they 277 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.559 sort of collapse inside in the wrong way, and they 278 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.240 actually reduce pressure as it comes into the house. So 279 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.559 right by the main line coming into the house, not 280 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.720 out the meter, but by the main line near the house, 281 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:12.480 there should be a kind of a cone shaped thing 282 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:15.399 with what looks like a bolt coming out the top 283 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.240 of it. That is your pressure regulator for your whole home. 284 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.279 And you should attempt to fiddle with it a little bit, 285 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:24.720 throw a wrench on it, give it a couple of turns, 286 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:28.480 or so see if you can't boost the overall pressure 287 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:31.679 in the house. But to be aware, we don't want 288 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.320 the overall pressure in the house to go above eighty PSI. 289 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.879 I had a pressure regulation call yesterday too, so just 290 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:43.879 to let everybody know the way to easily test your pressure, 291 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:46.320 your water pressure in your home. There may be a 292 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.279 spigot right there. I mean, you know, a hose bib 293 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.919 right there connected to the mainline and so on that 294 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.240 you could actually screw a very very inexpensive like ten 295 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.240 dollars at the hardware store or the big box or 296 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:05.440 water pressure gauge onto. It's just a dial gauge and 297 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.720 it screws on like a hose maybe there, or you 298 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.519 may have one on the side of the house or 299 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.200 on the back of the house. The key is not 300 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.039 something out in the yard that's part of the irrigation system. 301 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.559 What we're looking for is a hose bib that's coming 302 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:19.400 out of the side of the wall of the house. 303 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:24.200 That one is likely tied into the water pressure that 304 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.880 the rest of the house is at, so you can 305 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.519 gauge your pressure that way. That's number one. Number two. 306 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:34.720 If it's one area specifically, like the kitchen sink, you 307 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.599 got good pressure everywhere else, but the kitchen sink has 308 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.119 lower pressure. Yeah, you could do what kind of a 309 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:44.119 look through and see is there any weird kinks. Have 310 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:47.960 you know, has the waterline been smashed, you know, up 311 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.279 in the attic or somewhere relative to the kitchen sink. 312 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.559 That's pretty rare. It actually is pretty rare. 313 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:57.599 And it doesn't matter how far the kitchen sink is 314 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:00.599 away from everything else. Pressure is pressure builds in the 315 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.519 entire system. So it really should be the same as 316 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:05.519 the rest of the faucets in the house. So if 317 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:09.720 you find that it seems like pressure is lower at 318 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:12.440 the sink, it may actually not be pressure. It may 319 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:16.319 be flow that's lower. You mentioned you fiddle with the valves. 320 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:19.559 Those are called angle stops under the sink, and it 321 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:23.160 got worse. That is so common. I can't even tell 322 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.839 you how common that is. And I'll tell you why. 323 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:31.960 Those valves are very very simple, screw based, washer based 324 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:38.119 gate valves, essentially the angle stops, and those valves sit 325 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:43.160 there for decades, sitting there open. They never get used, 326 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.079 they never get turned off. I mean, the only time 327 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.279 you've ever closed those valves and opened them back up 328 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.400 again is if you've installed a new facet. Otherwise, they 329 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:56.000 just sit there, and they sit there, and as they 330 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:58.720 sit there, they age, even though they're not moving. Kind 331 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:02.200 of think of it like age, like an old person 332 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:06.000 needs to move otherwise you're gonna just freeze up, and 333 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:09.799 that's what happens. And so chances are, my friend, that 334 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.640 you went down there and close started to close the 335 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.680 valve open, closed the valve down, and then you thought 336 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:18.599 of trying to reopen it and it got worse. Well, 337 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.599 chances are you probably did close the valve down partially 338 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.119 and then when you tried to reopen it, now the 339 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:29.119 handle is just spinning or somehow it's actually not reopening. 340 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:33.160 So you may have accidentally shut down, you know, a 341 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:36.160 portion of the flow to the kitchen faucet because of 342 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:41.160 those old angle stops. Those old angle stops probably at 343 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:44.559 this point should just be replaced, and you might be 344 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:47.400 handy di wire and be able to do that yourself, 345 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:49.519 or you call a plumber out and you say, listen, 346 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.240 I need the angle stops under my sink replaced with 347 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:59.400 brand new, nice, full flow functioning ones and then boom again, 348 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.039 we've got the flow back, and then you'll feel the 349 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:08.000 pressure again. Okay, that is my suspicion about the kitchen sink. 350 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:12.240 It's my suspicion, but it's not a guarantee. And that 351 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:17.200 and then finally, finally, if the whole house is suffering 352 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.839 from low water pressure, as as a lot of houses 353 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:24.079 do actually in their area, they're like. 354 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:27.039 Oh, our pressure sucks. It's terrible. It's the worst. 355 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:31.279 If it's important to you and you want more, you 356 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:34.279 can have more. It's a little bit of an investment. 357 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.200 It's about the last time I looked at about three 358 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:40.440 hundred dollars for the unit itself. But again, out on 359 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:43.079 the main, near the main as the water is coming 360 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:48.519 into the house, you can actually put a pressure pump 361 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.640 there that basically detects when pressure falls below a certain 362 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:56.759 level the incoming pressure, and actually it will it'll turn 363 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.319 over and actually pump and increase the pressure in your home. 364 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.559 So you don't have to rely on what the city 365 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:04.920 is handing you. As long as they're giving you water. 366 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.079 The pump takes over and we'll take care of the 367 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:09.799 rest and can keep your pressure at a higher level, 368 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:13.119 at your preferred level, even though city pressure might be 369 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:16.000 terrible coming into your home. So that was kind of 370 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:20.039 a broad brush education about this as a whole. My 371 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:22.920 suspicion is, if you've opened up all the faucets already 372 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.359 and cleared out all the lines and check for debris 373 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:29.319 and all of that. If the kitchen is still acting 374 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:32.079 up on you and it got worse when you fiddle 375 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:37.599 with the angle stops, I would start there with those valves. 376 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:42.400 Okay, Dean, Well, I called a plumber and he was 377 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:45.960 supposed to be here at nine o'clock and he's here 378 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:49.799 at ten o'clock now, so all right here, all right. 379 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:53.400 I wanted a little knowledge of what to ask him. 380 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.400 And thank you, Dean. 381 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.440 All right, we'll get him on the case and let 382 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:00.160 me know it turns out rocky. Thank you so much, 383 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.680 buddy for your call. Appreciate you, and good luck with that. 384 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.480 I think you're going to get it resolved. I do 385 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:08.960 every I have every confidence that you'll get it worked out. 386 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.240 But yeah, you just hold his feet to the fire 387 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.440 and say, hey, nothing crazy, just show me the proof 388 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:17.519 of our pressure and change out these angles stops. 389 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.519 He'll give you good advice. I'm sure. 390 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:21.880 I'm sure you got a good guy there. All right, y'all, 391 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:24.920 when we come back more of your calls. We're having fun, 392 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:27.519 aren't we. I am you are too, I know it. 393 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:31.599 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 394 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:33.240 KFI AM six forty. 395 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:39.119 Thanks for joining us on the program today. 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